lifting + light cardio (walking uphill 125-135 bpm heart rate) is the ticket

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Jul 24, 2016
3:11:04pm

fulano All-American

lifting + light cardio (walking uphill 125-135 bpm heart rate) is the ticket

to fat loss....IF combined with a good diet with a minor caloric deficit.

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fulano

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It amazes me how many guys think the answer to their weight loss is lifting more

boorad

7/24/16 1:59pm

Actually there has been a lot of evidence lately that lifting more is one of

darkcoug

7/24/16 2:00pm

If you're eating healthy, sure. But lifting and continuing to eat crap won't do

Duke Silver

7/24/16 2:03pm

But a thing about dieting, at least for me,...

DrBYU

7/24/16 3:50pm

I'm the same way, exercising motivates me to eat healthier, and vice versa.

Duke Silver

7/24/16 5:30pm

#broscience

supertux

7/24/16 2:01pm

It's just you

TNT

7/24/16 2:01pm

Prepare for a thesis from Superkid

TNT

7/24/16 2:02pm

Well running or biking is not really gonna help no matter what.

7/24/16 2:09pm

Yeah...those Tour de France riders are really fat.

PharmD

7/24/16 2:21pm

You don't think they lift? Also biking up the Pyrenees for 100 miles is much

7/24/16 2:23pm

I think they lift in the off season a little bit. I'm sure sprinters do a lot

PharmD

7/24/16 2:29pm

They lift with their legs, but pretty sure none of them have picked up a

Duke Silver

7/24/16 2:36pm

Tour de France winner Chris Froome:

PharmD

7/24/16 2:42pm

No one loves Froomey more than I do, but he's an elite athlete at the pinnacle of his sport.

Ashtrash

7/24/16 11:12pm

I'll disagree with you there. On a typical week

delux_247

7/24/16 2:54pm

And how many people who Bike for weightloss get that close to burning those

7/24/16 4:14pm

Actually biking/running does raise your

delux_247

7/24/16 5:18pm

Right. But even a good diet won't make you look good.

7/24/16 7:50pm

The reason lifting is so important

Level43

7/24/16 2:12pm

This^^

jxncoog

7/24/16 2:17pm

Truth is it is a mixture of all three.

jakesnake

7/24/16 2:20pm

Muscle at rest consumes more energy. More muscle = more energy use

Harrison0Yfan

7/24/16 2:21pm

That's why these huge bodybuilders can eat whatever they want. Stratospheric BMR

TNT

7/24/16 2:41pm

Except that they can't

7/24/16 3:07pm

Wrong

TNT

7/24/16 3:11pm

Don't get TNT wrong. Before a competition they will stay tight on their diet

TNT

7/24/16 3:19pm

Cardio is sort of easy on easy off. Muscle has longer term metabolic benefit

Bob Vance

7/24/16 2:21pm

It's all about diet. Not that I'm the shining example but...

7/24/16 2:34pm

Jokes on you, they're doing it right.

CougarBoy92

7/24/16 2:34pm

Good food in reasonable quantities, plenty of walking or bike riding etc, and

Y'zFan

7/24/16 2:49pm

Its the diet, stupid. I laugh when people say the "muscle burns more calories

7/24/16 3:01pm

95% diet. It's a math equation.

kotacoug

7/24/16 3:29pm

lifting + light cardio (walking uphill 125-135 bpm heart rate) is the ticket

fulano

7/24/16 3:11pm

Muscle consumes more energy. Building muscle does matter.

Singcat

7/24/16 3:22pm

I've found that cardio and lifting are great, but it's really a mental thing.

7/24/16 4:03pm

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